Poetry and Cliché

According to the Guardian, “The Hill We Climb”, a poem by the 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, “stole the show” at Joe Biden's inauguration. Gorman “wowed the crowd,” writes the reporter Adam Gabbatt, with a “tour-de-force.”

“With her strong and poignant words,” Michelle Obama says, “Amanda Gorman reminds us of the power we each hold in upholding our democrac…